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• New Wave or Flash Flood: 11th Circuit Allows RICO/Immigration Lawsuit to Proceed ( August 2005 )
  Donald W. Benson and Jamie E. Kitces of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  New test cases claim that it is not just coincidence when a large pool of illegal immigrants migrate to an area while an employer, without fear of liability, blithely accepts a series of bogus identification documents from workers. By using the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) statute, plaintiffs are trying to prove that an illegal criminal enterprise composed of employers, recruiters, and staffing companies are together benefiting from the increased illegal population brought to the area through the criminal acts of some members of the enterprise.

• Liability in More Ways Than One: Employing Undocumented Workers ( September 2003 )
  Nick  Beermann of Ogden Murphy Wallace, P.L.L.C.

  The practical reality of many employers' labor needs is that they could not successfully run their businesses unless they employed immigrant workers. Unfortunately, there is a misperception among employers that immigrant workers do not share the same rights as US citizens or permanent residents with work permits. But employing immigrants generally subjects employers to the same legal implications as employing non-immigrants.

• Illegal Aliens Can't Recover Backpay for ULP's ( June 2002 )
  Barry J.E. Greve of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP

  Illegal immigrants who are wrongly fired for union organizing are not entitled to back pay, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.

• What is the Affidavit of Support? ( September 2000 )
  McCoy Law Office

  The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) provided that a family-based immi.

• Court Issues Decision Regarding Pardons for Persons in Deportation Proceedings ( February 2000 )
  Jan J.Bejar APLC

  On December 27, 1999, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals filed its decision in Magana-Pizano v. I.N.S., -- F.3d -.

• Deportation Defense under 1996 Immigration Laws ( November 1999 )
  Law Offices of Diana Atencia-Catalan

  Since the passage of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and the Illegal Immigration Reform .

• Report To Congress On The Eb-5 Investor Visa Program ( November 1999 )
  Law Office of Tasoff & Tasoff

  The Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999, Public .

• I'm Sorry, Your VISA Has Been Canceled ( August 1999 )
  Eli  Maroko of Maroko & Landau, P.C.

  No, this does not express the woes of the spendthrift who has run up excessive charges on a credit card. That solut.

• Practice Advisory on Public Charge INS Guidance and Proposed Regulations ( August 1999 )
  Law Office of Tasoff & Tasoff

  INTRODUCTION On May 25, 1999, the Department of State issued a cable and the Immigration and Naturalization Servi.